Foster's Castle is a historic plantation house near Tunstall, in New Kent County, Virginia, built about 1685 as a one and a half story, T shaped brick building with a two story central projection at the front. Its builder, Colonel Joseph Foster, was a vestryman and supervisor of construction at St. Peter's Church, and the house is similar to the neighboring house Criss Cross. It was raised to a full two stories under a low pitched roof in 1873.
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Building Type LocationSourced to the subject's own accountVirginia, United States 2 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Heritage DesignationUS National Register of Historic Places 1 Building Type
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Foster's Castle is a historic plantation house located near Tunstall, New Kent County, Virginia.
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
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Its builder, Colonel Joseph Foster, was a vestryman and supervisor of construction at St. Peter's Church.
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Foster's Castle is a historic plantation house located near Tunstall, New Kent County, Virginia. It was built about 1685, as a 1+1⁄2-story, T-shaped brick building, with a two-story central projection at the front. The house is similar to neighboring Criss Cross. It was raised to a full two stories with a low pitched roof in 1873. Its builder, Colonel Joseph Foster, was a vestryman and supervisor
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It was built about 1685, as a 1+1⁄2-story, T-shaped brick building, with a two-story central projection at the front.
In Style: American Colonial Architecture, Infobox: architecture
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Wikidata item Q14712331, property P571: 1873
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 373865): Virginia, United States
Wikidata item Q14712331, property P131/P17 (location): Virginia, United States
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